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What’s Great About Paper Bags!
Billions of plastic bags are imported from overseas into Australia to feed our plastic bag addiction. Why not switch to 100% Australian made paper bags?
- These paper bags show the public that the retailer using them is serious about the environment. Paper bags can also look far better and classier than their plastic counterparts.
- Paper bags can be easily recycled through our current kerbside collection- unlike plastic bags, which are a major problem and contaminant for recyclers. They can also be made using recycled content, reducing their environmental impact even further.
- Paper bags can help to reduce the billions of plastic bags that end up in our landfills and environment.
- Australian-made paper bags put dollars back into the Australian communities involved in their manufacture.
- Australian-made paper bags that utilise certified fibre sources also benefit our timber communities and the local paper bag producers.
- Paper bags are biodegradable and start to break down when exposed to heat, moisture and light. The media have yet to report on a whale that has been caught with a paper bag in its stomach. Sadly, the same cannot be said for plastic bags.
- Unlike imported plastic bags, locally made paper bags reduce the need to hold many months stock cover as they can be locally produced as and when required.
- From a marketing perspective, locally made paper bags also allow retailers to change communication messages on their bags to suit different seasons and retail themes.
- Paper bags are also available in many different sizes, paper types and shapes and are designed to suit all applications. Better still, a paper bag can carry up to 15kgs in weight!
- Paper bags can be effectively reused up to 6 times.
So why not make paper bags part of your switchover policy? Visit our ‘Paper Bag Supplier’ page to find out where you can source paper bags of all shapes and sizes
